Munachim is a breath of fresh air! I totally enjoyed talking to him. In this interview he talks about sexuality, his writivism win and story, money spent on books, his love for Teju Cole and Kambili; a character in Purple…
Hadiza Isma, First Lady of Kaduna State is set to release her debut novel – AN ABUNDANCE OF SCORPIONS. It will be launched at the 2017 Ake Festival!!! About The Book: Following a harrowing family tragedy, Tambaya decides to leave Kano…
My daughter, Yasmin died of an epileptic seizure in her flat in London in November 2011. People might wonder why in my quest to keep her memory alive I would involve myself in the promotion of creative writing. I choose…
Ake Festival 2017 is almost here! Ake Festival is a five day programme of cultural immersion. 100 Novelists, poets, dancers, actors, illustrators, activists, musicians, artists and thinkers storm the historic city and share their work and their ideas. The fifth…
The 2017 T Greats issue, coming out on the 22nd of October, celebrates masters in their fields: an innovator of modern theater, an influential auteur, an author turned public intellectual, an artist redefining sculpture, a fashion designer with a painter’s eye, an actor who’s perfected the art of the subtle —…
Words can’t describe how excited I was to see Olaudah Equaino’s picture up as the Google Doodle for today, 16th October 2017. I remember coming across a beautiful book; EQUIANO’S TRAVELS while I was in my final year at the…
Njideka Akunyili Crosby has been announced as one of the recipient’s of the 2017 MacArthur Fellowship–also called the Genius Grant alongside 23 others. Among those awarded the fellowship this year by the MacArthur Foundation are artists, writers, academics and scientists,…
The ímbubé is an annual book festival & awards initiative by NerveFlo and supported by the finest corporate, publishing & media organizations. It also seeks to encourage a new generation of world class contributors in the literary space. The Theme for this year’s…
Ucheoma’s writings are beautiful melodies. She writes with rhythm and grace. I have always loved her short essays and subtle but strong faith in the Girl Child and issues surrounding her. Her chap book – ISE, also comes with this…
The Nobel Prize for Literature for the year 2017 was announced today. It was awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro!!! This is a very deserving award. In the words of the Academy, the award was given to Ishiguro “who, in novels of great…
